Base station device, terminal device, and transmission method

ABSTRACT

A base station device includes: a processor circuitry configured to generate first data, second data to be transmitted with a latency-critical communication and an indication signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the first data, the second data and the indication signal to a terminal device, wherein the indication signal includes a plurality of bits which have a one-to-one mapping with a plurality of sub-areas in an area that is used for transmitting the first data, when the indication signal indicates one or more sub-areas are used for transmitting the second data, the transmitter performs no transmission for the first data using the corresponding one or more sub-areas, when the indication signal indicates the one or more sub-areas are used for transmitting the first data, the transmitter transmits the first data using the corresponding one or more sub-areas without transmitting the second data using the corresponding one or more sub-areas.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No.16/295,404, filed Mar. 7, 2019, now pending, which is a continuation ofInternational Application No. PCT/JP2016/078923, filed on Sep. 29, 2016,the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

FIELD

The embodiments discussed herein are related to a base station device, aterminal device, and a transmission method.

BACKGROUND

In recent years, in the 3 ^(rd) Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)that is the standards organization related to radio communicationsystems, studies have been conducted on the fifth generation mobilecommunication system (5G). In the fifth generation mobile communicationsystems, services conforming to eMBB (enhanced mobile broadband), mMTC(massive machine type communications), URLLC (Ultra Reliability and LowLatency Communications), and the like are going to be started.

For example, eMBB responds to a service of transmission of large-volumedata, such as moving image data. In contrast, URLLC responds to aservice in which high-reliable and low-latency communication is needed,such as automatic operations or telesurgery. In order to implement theseservices, discussions are actively conducted on how to set communicationparameters, such as Transmission Time Interval (TTI), that is theduration of time represented by, for example, flames or subframes.

Specifically, for example, when eMBB data and URLLC data are transmittedby using the same frequency band, it is conceivable to multiplex theeMBB data and the URLLC data by using time-division multiplexing orfrequency-division multiplexing. At this time, because a low latency isneeded for the URLLC data, a large reduction in TTI of URLLC compared toTTI of eMBB is studied.

Non-Patent Document 1: LG Electronics, “Handling URLLC in new RAT”, 3GPPTSG RAN WG1 Meeting #86, R1-166886, August 2016

Non-Patent Document 2: NTT DOCOMO, INC., “On co-existence of eMBB andURLLC”, 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #86, R1-167391, August 2016

Non-Patent Document 3: Samsung, “Discussion on URLLC support in NR”,3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #86, R1-166759, August 2016

However, when eMBB data and URLLC data are multiplexed in the samefrequency band, there is a problem in that the efficiency of using timeand frequency resources is reduced. Specifically, because URLLC data istransmitted to control, for example, automatic operations, URLLC data tobe transmitted is not always present and, accordingly, intermittenttransmission occurs in URLLC data. Nevertheless, if time and frequencyresources are fixedly allocated to URLLC data, the resources allocatedto the URLLC data are wasted when URLLC data to be transmitted is notpresent.

SUMMARY

According to an aspect of an embodiment, a base station device includes:a processor circuitry configured to generate an indication signal; and atransmitter configured to transmit the indication signal to a terminaldevice. The indication signal indicates that there is no transmission offirst data to be scheduled in a resource, and the resource may beassigned second data to be transmitted at low latency.

The object and advantages of the invention will be realized and attainedby means of the elements and combinations particularly pointed out inthe claims.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and arenot restrictive of the invention, as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a radiocommunication system according to a first embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a base stationdevice according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of resourceallocation according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a transmission process according tothe first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a userterminal device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a reception process according to thefirst embodiment;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of another userterminal device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating another reception process accordingto the first embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating another specific example of resourceallocation according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of resourceallocation according to a second embodiment;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a userterminal device according to the second embodiment; and

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a reception process according to thesecond embodiment.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be explained withreference to accompanying drawings. Furthermore, the present inventionis not limited to the embodiments.

[a] First Embodiment

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a radiocommunication system according to a first embodiment. The radiocommunication system illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a base stationdevice 100 and a plurality of user terminal devices 200.

The base station device 100 transmits signals including, for example,eMBB data and URLLC data to the user terminal devices 200. Namely, thebase station device 100 allocates resources constituted of time andfrequency to the eMBB data and the URLLC data addressed to each of theplurality of user terminal devices 200 and then generates a transmissionsignal.

At this time, the base station device 100 provides an area (hereinafter,referred to as an “URLLC area”) that is temporarily reserved, as an areain which URLLC data is to be arranged, in a resource area to which eMBBdata is allocated and then allocates, if URLLC data to be transmitted ispresent, a resource of the URLLC area to the subject URLLC data. Then,the base station device 100 arranges, in the URLLC area, an indicationsignal indicating whether the resource of the URLLC area has beenallocated to the URLLC data.

Thus, if the URLLC data to be transmitted is present, the resource ofthe URLLC area is allocated to the URLLC data and this state is notifiedby the indication signal. Furthermore, if the URLLC data to betransmitted is not present, the resource of the URLLC area is allocatedto the eMBB data and information indicating that the URLLC data is nottransmitted is notified by the indication signal.

Each of the user terminal devices 200 receives a signal including eMBBdata and URLLC data that are transmitted from the base station device100. Specifically, the user terminal devices 200 are classified intodevices that use a service related to eMBB, devices that use a servicerelated to URLLC, and devices that use services related to both eMBB andURLLC. Each of the user terminal devices 200 that uses the servicerelated to eMBB specifies, based on a control signal and an indicationsignal included in a reception signal, eMBB data addressed to the owndevice and then demodulates the eMBB data.

Furthermore, each of the user terminal devices 200 that uses a servicerelated to URLLC determines, based on the indication signal included inthe reception signal, whether URLLC data is included in the receptionsignal and then demodulates, based on the control signal if the URLLCdata is included, the URLLC data addressed to the own device.Furthermore, each of the user terminal devices 200 that uses a servicerelated to both eMBB and URLLC demodulates eMBB data and thendemodulates URLLC data in a similar manner described above.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the basestation device 100 according to the first embodiment. The base stationdevice 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 includes a processor 100 a, a memory100 b, and a radio transmission unit 100 c.

The processor 100 a includes, for example, a central processing unit(CPU), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), or a digital signalprocessor (DSP), or the like and performs overall control of the basestation device 100. Specifically, the processor 100 a includes ascheduler unit 110, an eMBB data generating unit 120, an URLLC datagenerating unit 130, an indication signal generating unit 140, a controlsignal generating unit 150, a mapping unit 160, an inverse Fast Fouriertransformation (IFFT) unit 170, and a cyclic prefix (CP) attaching unit180.

The scheduler unit 110 performs scheduling that allocates resources toeMBB data and URLLC data addressed to the plurality of user terminaldevices 200. Specifically, the scheduler unit 110 estimates, forexample, a channel state between each of the plurality of user terminaldevices 200 and performs eMBB scheduling that decides, in accordancewith the channel state, a resource to be allocated to eMBB data that isaddressed to each of the user terminal devices 200. Furthermore, thescheduler unit 110 determines whether URLLC data addressed to one of theuser terminal devices 200 is generated and performs, if the URLLC datahas been generated, URLLC scheduling that decides a resource to beallocated to the URLLC data.

The scheduler unit 110 arranges, at the time of URLLC scheduling, URLLCdata in an URLLC area that is provided in the resource area to which theeMBB data is allocated. Namely, the resource for a transmission signalhas an eMBB control channel area in which an eMBB control signal isarranged and an eMBB data area in which eMBB data is arranged; however,an URLLC area that is temporarily reserved as an area in which the URLLCdata is to be arranged is provided in the eMBB data area. Thus, if URLLCdata to be transmitted is generated, the scheduler unit 110 allocates aresource to be used for the URLLC area to the URLLC data.

The eMBB data generating unit 120 generates, in accordance with eMBBscheduling performed by the scheduler unit 110, eMBB data to beaddressed to each of the user terminal devices 200. Namely, the eMBBdata generating unit 120 encodes and modulates the eMBB data addressedto each of the user terminal devices 200.

The URLLC data generating unit 130 generates, in accordance with URLLCscheduling performed by the scheduler unit 110, URLLC data addressed toeach of the user terminal devices 200. Namely, the URLLC data generatingunit 130 encodes and modulates the URLLC data addressed to each of theuser terminal devices 200.

The indication signal generating unit 140 generates, in accordance withthe result of determination whether URLLC scheduling has been performedby the scheduler unit 110, an indication signal indicating whether URLLCdata is present. Namely, if URLLC data to be transmitted is not presentand if the URLLC data is not arranged in an URLLC area, the indicationsignal generating unit 140 generates an indication signal indicatingthat URLLC data is not present. Furthermore, if URLLC data to betransmitted is present and if the URLLC data is arranged in an URLLCarea, the indication signal generating unit 140 indicates that the URLLCdata to be transmitted is present and then generates an indicationsignal that specifies a resource to be allocated to the URLLC data thatis addressed to each of the user terminal devices 200. Namely, theindication signal generating unit 140 generates an indication signalthat includes 1 bit indicating whether URLLC data is present and N bits(N is an integer equal to or greater than two) that specifies, in a casewhere URLLC data is present, a resource to be allocated to the subjectURLLC data.

The control signal generating unit 150 generates a control signal ofeach of eMBB and URLLC in accordance with eMBB scheduling and URLLCscheduling performed by the scheduler unit 110. Specifically, thecontrol signal generating unit 150 generates an eMBB control signalincluding information for specifying a resource to be allocated to eMBBdata addressed to each of the user terminal devices 200 and informationindicating a coding rate of eMBB data, a modulation scheme of eMBB data,transmission power of eMBB data, and the like. Furthermore, if URLLCdata is arranged in an URLLC area, the control signal generating unit150 generates an URLLC control signal including information indicating acoding rate, a modulation scheme of URLLC data, transmission power ofURLLC data, and the like.

The mapping unit 160 maps eMBB data, URLLC data, an indication signal,and a control signal and generates a transmission signal. Namely, themapping unit 160 arranges the eMBB data, the URLLC data, the indicationsignal, and the control signal in the resources in accordance withscheduling.

Specifically, the mapping unit 160 generates a transmission signal inwhich the resources illustrated in, for example, FIG. 3 have beenallocated. FIG. 3 illustrates a specific example of allocating resourceshaving, for example, a frequency bandwidth corresponding to the numberof predetermined subcarriers and duration of time corresponding to asingle TTI. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the resource of this TTI includesan eMBB control channel area 301 and an eMBB data area 302. Then, URLLCareas 311 to 313 that are temporarily reserved as areas in each of whichURLLC data is to be arranged is provided in the eMBB data area 302. Inthe URLLC areas 311 to 313, indication signals 321 to 323, an URLLCcontrol signal 331 and URLLC data 332 are mapped.

The mapping unit 160 maps the eMBB control signal generated by thecontrol signal generating unit 150 to the eMBB control channel area 301and maps the eMBB data generated by the eMBB data generating unit 120 tothe eMBB data area 302. Furthermore, if URLLC scheduling has beenperformed, the mapping unit 160 maps both of the URLLC control signal331 generated by the control signal generating unit 150 and the URLLCdata 332 generated by the URLLC data generating unit 130 onto the URLLCareas 311 to 313. Furthermore, the mapping unit 160 maps the indicationsignals 321 to 323 generated by the indication signal generating unit140 onto the URLLC areas 311 to 313, respectively.

At this time, as illustrated in FIG. 3, because the URLLC data has beenarranged in the URLLC areas 311 and 312, each of the indication signals321 and 322 includes 1 bit indicating that URLLC data is present and Nbits specifying URLLC data addressed to each of the user terminaldevices 200. Namely, for example, because three pieces of URLLC dataaddressed to the user terminal devices 200 of UEs #1 to #3 are arrangedin the URLLC area 311, the indication signal 321 includes N bits thatspecify the frequency bands of the corresponding pieces of URLLC dataaddressed to the UEs #1 to #3. In contrast, because URLLC data is notarranged in the URLLC area 313, the indication signal 323 includes only1 bit indicating that URLLC data is not present.

Furthermore, in the URLLC area 312, because URLLC data is mapped to apart of the URLLC area 312, eMBB data is mapped in the rest of the area.Similarly, in the URLLC area 313, because URLLC data is not mapped, theeMBB data is mapped in the entire of the URLLC area 313. In this way, ifURLLC data to be transmitted is not present, because eMBB data is mappedto the URLLC areas 311 to 313, it is possible to effectively use theresources. In particular, because eMBB data is arranged in free areas inthe URLLC areas 311 to 313, it is possible to allocate the maximumamount of resources to eMBB data and thus it is possible to increase thecapacity based on eMBB.

A description will be given here by referring back to FIG. 2. The IFFTunit 170 performs inverse Fast Fourier transformation on thetransmission signal generated by the mapping unit 160 and generates atransmission signal in time domain. Then, the IFFT unit 170 outputs thetransmission signal to the CP attaching unit 180.

The CP attaching unit 180 attaches, in units of symbols, CP to thetransmission signal output from the IFFT unit 170. Then, the CPattaching unit 180 outputs, to the radio transmission unit 100 c, thetransmission signal to which the CP has been attached.

The memory 100 b includes, for example, a random access memory (RAM), aread only memory (ROM), or the like and stores various kinds ofinformation when a process is performed by the processor 100 a.

The radio transmission unit 100 c performs, on the transmission signaloutput from the CP attaching unit 180, a radio transmission process,such as digital/analog (D/A) conversion and up-conversion. Then, theradio transmission unit 100 c transmits the transmission signal via anantenna.

In the following, a transmission process performed by the base stationdevice 100 having configuration described above will be described withreference to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 4.

First, the scheduler unit 110 performs eMBB scheduling in which theresource to be allocated to the eMBB data addressed to each of the userterminal devices 200, a coding rate, and a modulation scheme are decided(Step S101). The eMBB scheduling mentioned here is performed based on,for example, a channel state of a downlink reported from each of theuser terminal devices 200. In eMBB scheduling, pieces of eMBB dataaddressed to each of the user terminal devices 200 are arranged in theeMBB data area in each TTI.

Furthermore, it is determined, by the scheduler unit 110, whether URLLCdata to be addressed to one of the user terminal devices 200 has beengenerated (Step S102). Based on this determination result, if URLLC datato be transmitted is generated (Yes at Step S102), the URLLC schedulingfor deciding a resource to be allocated to the URLLC data, a codingrate, and a modulation scheme is performed by the scheduler unit 110(Step S103). The URLLC scheduling is performed based on, for example, achannel state of a downlink reported from each of the user terminaldevices 200. In URLLC scheduling, pieces of URLLC data addressed to thecorresponding user terminal devices 200 are arranged in the URLLC areasprovided in the eMBB data area in each TTI.

Then, the result of scheduling is notified to the eMBB data generatingunit 120, the URLLC data generating unit 130, the indication signalgenerating unit 140, and the control signal generating unit 150 and thenpieces of URLLC data to be arranged in the URLLC areas are generated bythe URLLC data generating unit 130 (Step S104). Namely, URLLC data isencoded and modulated by the URLLC data generating unit 130 by using thecoding rate and the modulation scheme decided by the URLLC scheduling.Furthermore, an indication signal that indicates that URLLC data ispresent and that specifies the resource of the URLLC area that has beenallocated to the URLLC data that is addressed to each of the userterminal devices 200 is generated by the indication signal generatingunit 140 (Step S105).

In contrast, based on the result of determination obtained at Step S102,if URLLC data to be transmitted is not generated (No at Step S102), theresult of the eMBB scheduling is notified to the eMBB data generatingunit 120, the indication signal generating unit 140, and the controlsignal generating unit 150. Then, an indication signal indicating thatURLLC data is not present is generated by the indication signalgenerating unit 140 (Step S106).

Furthermore, regardless whether URLLC data is present, eMBB data to bearranged in the eMBB data area is generated by the eMBB data generatingunit 120 (Step S107). Namely, eMBB data is encoded and modulated by theeMBB data generating unit 120 by using the coding rate and themodulation scheme decided by the eMBB scheduling.

Furthermore, if URLLC data is arranged in an URLLC area, transmission ofeMBB data that was scheduled to be arranged in this area may also bestopped. Furthermore, it is possible to orthogonalize URLLC data andeMBB data by using different codes or sequences (for example, Zadoff-Chusequence) and arrange the URLLC data and the eMBB data in the same area.When arranging the URLLC data and the eMBB data in the same area, thesepieces of data interfere with each other; however, it is possible toreduce interference by using a technology, such as minimum mean squareerror-interference rejection combining (MMSE-IRC), symbol levelinterference cancellation (SLIC), and interference measurement(interference aware detection).

If eMBB data has been generated, the resource that is located in theeMBB data area allocated to the eMBB data addressed to each of the userterminal devices 200 is specified by the control signal generating unit150 and a control signal that notifies of the coding rate of the eMBBdata, the modulation scheme of the eMBB data, the transmission power ofthe eMBB data, and the like is generated by the control signalgenerating unit 150. Furthermore, if URLLC data has been generated, acontrol signal that notifies of the coding rate of the URLLC data, themodulation scheme of the URLLC data, the transmission power of the URLLCdata, and the like is generated by the control signal generating unit150.

Then, the eMBB data, the URLLC data, the indication signal, and thecontrol signal are mapped to each of the areas in TTI by the mappingunit 160 (Step S108). Namely, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the eMBB controlsignal is mapped to the eMBB control channel area 301 and the eMBB datais mapped to the eMBB data area 302. Furthermore, if URLLC data isgenerated, the URLLC control signal and the URLLC data are mapped to theURLLC areas 311 to 313. Then, an indication signal indicating whetherURLLC data is present is mapped to each of the URLLC areas 311 to 313.Consequently, a transmission signal is generated.

The transmission signal is subjected to inverse Fast Fouriertransformation by the IFFT unit 170 (Step S109) and transformed to atransmission signal in time domain. Then, a CP is attached, in units ofsymbols, to the transmission signal by the CP attaching unit 180 (StepS110) and a radio transmission process is performed on the transmissionsignal by the radio transmission unit 100 c (Step S111). Thereafter, thetransmission signal is transmitted to the user terminal device 200 viathe antenna (Step S112).

As described above, an URLLC area that is used to arrange URLLC data isprovided in the eMBB; if URLLC data is present, the URLLC data isarranged in the URLLC area; and if URLLC data is not present, eMBB datais arranged in the URLLC area. Then, an indication signal indicatingwhether the URLLC data has been arranged in the URLLC area is arrangedin each of the URLLC areas. Consequently, if URLLC data is generated, itis possible to transmit the URLLC data in low latency, whereas, if theURLLC data is not generated, it is possible to use the resource of theURLLC area in order to transmit the eMBB data. As the result, regardlesswhether URLLC data is present, it is possible to prevent the resourcesfrom being wasted and thus it is possible to efficiently use theresources.

In the following, a configuration of the user terminal device 200 willbe described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration ofthe user terminal device 200 according to the first embodiment. The userterminal device 200 illustrated in FIG. 5 is a user terminal device thatuses a service related to eMBB and includes a radio receiving unit 200a, a processor 200 b, and a memory 200 c.

The radio receiving unit 200 a receives a signal via an antenna andperforms, on a reception signal, a radio reception process, such asdown-conversion, and analog/digital (A/D) conversion. Then, the radioreceiving unit 200 a outputs the reception signal to the processor 200b.

The processor 200 b includes, for example, a CPU, an FPGA, a DSP, or thelike and performs overall control of the user terminal device 200.Specifically, the processor 200 b includes a CP removing unit 210, afast Fourier transformation (FFT) unit 220, an indication signaldemodulating unit 230, a control signal demodulating unit 240, and aneMBB data demodulating unit 250.

The CP removing unit 210 removes a CP attached, in units of symbols, toa reception signal. Then, the CP removing unit 210 outputs, to the FFTunit 220, a reception signal from which the CP has been removed.

The FFT unit 220 performs fast Fourier transformation on the receptionsignal output form the CP removing unit 210 and transforms the signal toa reception signal in frequency domain. Then, the FFT unit 220 outputsthe reception signal to the indication signal demodulating unit 230, thecontrol signal demodulating unit 240, and the eMBB data demodulatingunit 250.

The indication signal demodulating unit 230 demodulates the indicationsignals arranged in the URLLC area in the reception signal. Namely,because the positions of the indication signals in the URLLC area andthe URLLC area are already known, the indication signal demodulatingunit 230 demodulates the indication signal in each of the URLLC areas.Consequently, the indication signal demodulating unit 230 grasps whetherURLLC data is included in each of the URLLC areas. Furthermore, if URLLCdata is included in an URLLC area, the indication signal demodulatingunit 230 specifies, based on the indication signal, the resourceallocated to the URLLC data.

The control signal demodulating unit 240 demodulates the control signalarranged in the eMBB control channel area in the reception signal.Namely, the control signal demodulating unit 240 demodulates the eMBBcontrol signal and acquires information on the resource allocated to theeMBB data that is addressed to the own device and information on thecoding rate of the eMBB data, the modulation scheme of the eMBB data,and the like.

The eMBB data demodulating unit 250 demodulates the eMBB data arrangedin the eMBB data area in the reception signal. At this time, the eMBBdata demodulating unit 250 excludes, from the eMBB data area based onthe demodulation result of the indication signal, the area in which theURLLC data has been arranged and specifies, from the eMBB data area inwhich the URLLC data has been excluded and based on the demodulationresult of the control signal, the resource of the eMBB data that isaddressed to the own device. Then, the eMBB data demodulating unit 250demodulates the eMBB data addressed to the own device based on thecoding rate, the modulation scheme, and the like indicated by thecontrol signal. Furthermore, if the eMBB data and the URLLC data areorthogonalized by using different codes or sequences, the eMBB datademodulating unit 250 does not need to exclude, from the eMBB data area,the area in which the URLLC data has been arranged. This is becausethat, if the eMBB data and the URLLC data are orthogonalized by codes orsequences, eMBB data is multiplexed, by using another code or sequence,in the time domain and the frequency domain in which the URLLC data isarranged.

In the following, a reception process performed by the user terminaldevice 200 according to eMBB configured described above will bedescribed with reference to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 6.

The signal from the base station device 100 is received via the antenna(Step S201) and a radio reception process is performed on the receptionsignal by the radio receiving unit 200 a (Step S202). Then, the CPattached to the reception signal in units of symbols is removed by theCP removing unit 210 (Step S203) the reception signal is subjected tofast Fourier transformation by the FFT unit 220 (Step S204), thereby areception signal in frequency domain is obtained.

Because an URLLC area is provided in an eMBB data area in a receptionsignal and the resource of the URLLC area is already known, theindication signal arranged in the URLLC area is demodulated by theindication signal demodulating unit 230 (Step S205). Consequently, it isdetermined whether URLLC data is included in the URLLC area and, if theURLLC data is included, the position of the URLLC data in the URLLC areais specified. In other words, the area that is except for the resourceallocated to the URLLC data and in which the eMBB data is actuallyarranged is specified in the eMBB data area.

Furthermore, the control signal arranged in the eMBB control channelarea in the reception signal is demodulated by the control signaldemodulating unit 240 (Step S206); the resource allocated to the eMBBdata addressed to the own devices is specified; and the coding rate ofthe eMBB data, the modulation scheme of the eMBB data, and the like arespecified. Consequently, the eMBB data addressed to the own device isacquired from the reception signal and is demodulated by the eMBB datademodulating unit 250 (Step S207). At this time, based on thedemodulation result of the indication signal, the eMBB data addressed tothe own device may also be acquired from the area in which the resourceallocated to the URLLC data has been removed. Furthermore, if the URLLCdata and the eMBB data are orthogonalized by using different codes orsequences, the eMBB data addressed to the own device may also beacquired from the entire eMBB data area including the resource that hasbeen allocated to the URLLC data.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the other userterminal device 200 according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 7,components having the same configuration as those illustrated in FIG. 5are assigned the same reference numerals and descriptions thereof indetail will be omitted. The user terminal device 200 illustrated in FIG.7 is a user terminal device that uses a service related to URLLC andincludes, similarly to the user terminal device 200 illustrated in FIG.5, the radio receiving unit 200 a, the processor 200 b, and the memory200 c. However, the processor 200 b in the user terminal device 200illustrated in FIG. 7 includes, instead of the eMBB data demodulatingunit 250 illustrated in FIG. 5, an URLLC data demodulating unit 260.

If the URLLC data demodulating unit 260 determines that, based on thedemodulation result of the indication signal, the URLLC data addressedto the own device is included in the reception signal, the URLLC datademodulating unit 260 demodulates the URLLC data that is addressed tothe own device and that is arranged in the URLLC area in the receptionsignal. At this time, the URLLC data demodulating unit 260 specifies,from the URLLC area based on the demodulation result of the indicationsignal, the resource for the URLLC data addressed to the own device.Then, the URLLC data demodulating unit 260 demodulates the URLLC dataaddressed to the own device based on the coding rate, the modulationscheme, and the like indicated by the URLLC control signal that isdemodulated by the control signal demodulating unit 240.

In the following, a reception process performed by the user terminaldevice 200 according to URLLC configured described above will bedescribed with reference to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 8. In FIG.8, the same processes as those illustrated in FIG. 6 are assigned thesame reference numerals and descriptions thereof in detail will beomitted.

Regarding the signal transmitted from the base station device 100, areception signal in the frequency domain is obtained from an antenna viathe radio receiving unit 200 a, the CP removing unit 210, and the FFTunit 220 (Steps S201 to S204). Then, the indication signal arranged inthe URLLC area in the reception signal is demodulated by the indicationsignal demodulating unit 230 (Step S205) and it is determined whetherthe URLLC data is included in the URLLC area (Step S301).

If the URLLC data is not included in the URLLC area (No at Step S301),the process is ended because the URLLC data addressed to the own deviceis not present. In contrast, if the URLLC data is included in the URLLCarea (Yes at Step S301), the URLLC control signal is demodulated by thecontrol signal demodulating unit 240 (Step S302). Namely, because theresources allocated to the control signal and the URLLC data addressedto the own device are specified based on the demodulation result of theindication signal, the URLLC control signal addressed to the own deviceis demodulated by the control signal demodulating unit 240.Consequently, the coding rate, the modulation scheme, or the like of theURLLC data addressed to the own device are specified.

Furthermore, the URLLC data addressed to the own device is acquired, bythe URLLC data demodulating unit 260 based on the demodulation result ofthe indication signal, from the reception signal and the URLLC data isdemodulated based on the demodulation result of the control signal (StepS303).

As described above, according to the embodiment, the URLLC area that istemporarily reserved as an area in which the URLLC data is arranged isprovided in the eMBB data area and, if URLLC data is generated, theURLLC data is transmitted by using the resource of the URLLC area.Furthermore, an indication signal indicating whether the URLLC data ispresent is arranged in the URLLC area. Consequently, if URLLC data isgenerated, it is possible to promptly transmit the URLLC data withoutany delay and, if URLLC data is not generated, it is possible totransmit the eMBB data by using the resource of the URLLC area.Furthermore, the user terminal device on the reception side can graspwhether the URLLC data is present based on the indication signal andthus reliably acquire the URLLC data to be addressed to the own devicefrom the reception signal. As the result, it is possible to efficientlyuse the resources while maintaining high reliability and low latency ofthe URLLC data.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the user terminal devices 200related to eMBB and the user terminal devices 200 related to URLLC areseparately described; however, the single user terminal device 200 mayalso demodulate both of the eMBB data and the URLLC data. In this case,the processor 200 b in the user terminal device 200 includes both of theeMBB data demodulating unit 250 illustrated in FIG. 5 and the URLLC datademodulating unit 260 illustrated in FIG. 7.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment, the URLLC area is provided in theeMBB data area; however, the entire eMBB data area may also be the URLLCarea. Namely, for example, as illustrated in FIG. 9, a single TTI isdivided into a plurality of short TTIs (hereinafter, referred to as a“short TTI”) and all of the short TTIs except for the short TTI thatincludes the eMBB control channel may also be used as URLLC areas 341.

Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 9, an indication signal 342 arrangedin each of the URLLC areas 341 may also be a 1-bit signal indicatingwhether the URLLC data is included in each of the URLLC areas 341. Inthis case, the information that specifies the resource allocated to theURLLC data 332 addressed to each of the user terminal devices 200 isincluded in the URLLC control signal 331.

[b] Second Embodiment

The characteristic of a second embodiment is that, if URLLC data isincluded in a reception signal, a user terminal device estimatestransmission power for each subcarrier and specifies, based on thetransmission power, a subcarrier including the URLLC data.

The configuration of the radio communication system and the base stationdevice 100 according to the second embodiment is the same as that of thefirst embodiment (FIGS. 1 and 2); therefore, descriptions thereof willbe omitted. However, the base station device 100 controls transmissionpower of the eMBB data and the URLLC data and transmits the URLLC data,in which high reliability is requested, by using transmission power thatis greater than that of the eMBB data. Specifically, when the mappingunit 160 arranges URLLC data in an URLLC area, the mapping unit 160 setsthe transmission power of the subcarrier in which the URLLC data is tobe arranged larger than the transmission power of the subcarrier inwhich the eMBB data is to be arranged. Thus, if the URLLC data isarranged in an URLLC area and is transmitted, the transmission power ofthe subcarrier in which URLLC data is arranged is larger than thetransmission power of the subcarrier in which the eMBB data is arranged.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a specific example of resourceallocation according to the second embodiment. The resource illustratedin FIG. 10 has subcarriers 351 to 353 and an eMBB control channel areais provided at the top of the resource. Furthermore, the areas otherthan the eMBB control channel area are eMBB data areas; however, in theeMBB data area, URLLC areas 361 to 363 temporarily reserved as the areasfor arranging URLLC data is provided. In the URLLC areas 361 to 363,indication signals 371 to 373 are mapped and the URLLC control signaland URLLC data are mapped onto the subcarriers 351 to 353 as units.

Specifically, for example, in the URLLC area 361, the URLLC dataaddressed to the user terminal device UE #2 is mapped onto a subcarrier352 and the URLLC data addressed to the user terminal device UE #1 ismapped onto the subcarrier 353. Furthermore, for example, in the URLLCarea 362, the URLLC data addressed to the user terminal device UE #3 ismapped onto the subcarrier 353.

Here, because the URLLC data is data in which high reliability isrequested, the transmission power of the URLLC data is larger than thatof the eMBB data. Thus, for example, in the URLLC area 361, thetransmission power of the subcarriers 352 and 353 in each of which theURLLC data is mapped is larger than the transmission power of thesubcarrier 351 in which the eMBB data is mapped. Similarly, for example,in the URLLC area 362, the transmission power of the subcarrier 353 inwhich the URLLC data is mapped is larger than the transmission power ofthe subcarriers 351 and 352 in each of which the eMBB data is mapped.

Namely, in each of the URLLC areas 361 to 363, based on the transmissionpower for each subcarrier, it is possible to determine which one of thepieces of the eMBB data and URLLC data is mapped in the subcarriers 351to 353. Therefore, each of the indication signals 371 to 373 is a 1-bitsignal indicating whether the URLLC data is included in each of theURLLC areas 361 to 363 and thus information for specifying a subcarrierin which the URLLC data is to be mapped is not included in theindication signals 371 to 373.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the userterminal device 200 according to the second embodiment. FIG. 11,components having the same configuration as those illustrated in FIG. 5are assigned the same reference numerals and descriptions thereof indetail will be omitted. The user terminal device 200 illustrated in FIG.11 is a user terminal device that uses a service related to eMBB andincludes, similarly to the user terminal device 200 illustrated in FIG.5, the radio receiving unit 200 a, the processor 200 b, and the memory200 c. However, the processor 200 b in the user terminal device 200illustrated in FIG. 11 has a configuration in which, instead of theindication signal demodulating unit 230 and the eMBB data demodulatingunit 250 illustrated in FIG. 5, an indication signal demodulating unit410 and an eMBB data demodulating unit 440 are included and a receptionpower measuring unit 420 and a transmission power estimating unit 430are added.

The indication signal demodulating unit 410 demodulates the indicationsignal arranged in an URLLC area in a reception signal. Namely, becausethe position of the indication signal in each of the URLLC area and theURLLC area is already known, the indication signal demodulating unit 410demodulates the indication signal in each of the URLLC areas.Consequently, the indication signal demodulating unit 410 grasps whetherthe URLLC data is included in each of the URLLC areas. Then, the URLLCdata is included in the URLLC area, the indication signal demodulatingunit 410 notifies the reception power measuring unit 420 and the eMBBdata demodulating unit 440 of this state.

If the reception power measuring unit 420 receives the notificationindicating that the URLLC data is included in the URLLC area from theindication signal demodulating unit 410, the reception power measuringunit 420 measures the reception power for each subcarrier in the URLLCarea in the reception signal.

The transmission power estimating unit 430 estimates the transmissionpower for each subcarrier based on the reception power for eachsubcarrier measured by the reception power measuring unit 420.Specifically, the transmission power estimating unit 430 estimates, forexample, the propagation loss between the base station device 100 andthe user terminal device 200 by using the reference signal and estimatesthe transmission power at the base station device 100 based on thereception power and the propagation loss.

The eMBB data demodulating unit 440 demodulates the eMBB data arrangedin the eMBB data area in the reception signal. At this time, if the eMBBdata demodulating unit 440 receives a notification indicating that theURLLC data is included in the URLLC area from the indication signaldemodulating unit 410, the eMBB data demodulating unit 440 specifies,based on the transmission power for each subcarrier, the subcarrier inwhich the eMBB data has been arranged. Namely, the eMBB datademodulating unit 440 compares the transmission power for eachsubcarrier estimated by the transmission power estimating unit 430 witha predetermined threshold. Then, the eMBB data demodulating unit 440specifies that the URLLC data has been arranged in the subcarriers ineach of which the transmission power is equal to or greater than thepredetermined threshold and specifies that the eMBB data has beenarranged in the subcarriers in each of which the transmission power isless than the predetermined threshold. Consequently, the eMBB datademodulation unit 440 specifies the resource in which the eMBB data isarranged in the entire eMBB data area that includes the URLLC area, anddemodulates the eMBB data addressed to the own device based on thedemodulation result of the control signal.

In the following, a reception process performed by the user terminaldevice 200 related to eMBB having the configuration described above willbe described with reference to the flowchart illustrated in FIG. 12. InFIG. 12, the same processes as those illustrated in FIG. 6 are assignedthe same reference numerals and descriptions thereof in detail will beomitted.

Regarding the signal transmitted from the base station device 100, areception signal in the frequency domain is obtained from the antennavia the radio receiving unit 200 a, the CP removing unit 210, and theFFT unit 220 (Step S201-S204). Then, the indication signal arranged inthe URLLC area in the reception signal is demodulated by the indicationsignal demodulating unit 410 (Step S205) and it is determined whetherthe URLLC data is included in the URLLC area (Step S401).

If the URLLC data is included in the URLLC area (Yes at Step S401), thereception power for each subcarrier in the URLLC area is measured by thereception power measuring unit 420 (Step S402). Then, the transmissionpower for each subcarrier is estimated from the reception power for eachsubcarrier by the transmission power estimating unit 430 (Step S403).Namely, for example, the propagation loss between the base stationdevice 100 and the user terminal device 200 is estimated and then thetransmission power for each subcarrier in the base station device 100 isestimated by adding the electrical power having an amount correspondingto the propagation loss to the reception power.

The estimation result of the transmission power is notified to the eMBBdata demodulating unit 440 and the subcarrier in which the URLLC data inthe URLLC area has been arranged is specified by the eMBB datademodulating unit 440 (Step S404). Specifically, the transmission powerestimated for each subcarrier is compared to the predetermined thresholdby the eMBB data demodulating unit 440 and it is determined that theURLLC data has been arranged in the subcarriers in each of which thetransmission power is equal to or greater than the predeterminedthreshold. In contrast, it is determined that the eMBB data has beenarranged in the subcarriers in each of which the transmission power inthe URLLC area is less than the predetermined threshold. Consequently,in also the case where the URLLC data in the URLLC area is included, thearea in which the eMBB data in the eMBB data area is arranged isspecified.

Then, if the area in which the eMBB data is arranged is specified, thecontrol signal that has been arranged in the eMBB control channel areain the reception signal is demodulated by the control signaldemodulating unit 240 (Step S206) and the resource allocated to the eMBBdata that is addressed to the own device is specified. Furthermore, theeMBB data addressed to the own device is acquired from the receptionsignal and demodulated by the eMBB data demodulating unit 440 (StepS207).

Furthermore, if the URLLC data is not included in the URLLC area (No atStep S401), based on the demodulation result of the control signal, theresource allocated to the eMBB data addressed to the own device isspecified from the entire eMBB data area and then the eMBB dataaddressed to the own device is demodulated by the eMBB data demodulatingunit 440.

As described above, according to the embodiment, the URLLC area that istemporarily reserved as the area for arranging the URLLC data isprovided in the eMBB data area and, if URLLC data is generated, theURLLC data is transmitted by using the resource of the URLLC area.Furthermore, in the URLLC area, the indication signal indicating whetherthe URLLC data is present is arranged. Consequently, if URLLC data isgenerated, it is possible to promptly transmit the URLLC data withoutdelay and, if URLLC data is not generated, it is possible to transmiteMBB data by using the resource of the URLLC area. Furthermore, if URLLCdata is included in the URLLC area, the user terminal device on thereception side estimates the transmission power for each subcarrier inthe URLLC area and specifies, based on the transmission power, thesubcarrier in which the URLLC data has been arranged. Consequently, theinformation for specifying the resource that is used to arrange theURLLC data does not need to be included in the indication signal andthus it is possible to reduce the size of the indication signal.

Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the user terminaldevice 200 related to URLLC has been described; however, similarly tothe user terminal device 200 related to eMBB, the user terminal device200 related to URLLC also specifies, from the transmission power foreach subcarrier, the subcarrier in which the URLLC data has beenarranged.

Furthermore, in each of the embodiments, a description has been givenwith the assumption that an indication signal is arranged in an URLLCarea; however, the indication signal does not always need to be arrangedin the URLLC area. Namely, if it is possible to specify the associationrelationship between an indication signal and an URLLC area, theindication signal may also be transmitted separated from eMBB data andURLLC data. Furthermore, the indication signal may also be transmittedby, for example, dynamic signaling, such as physical downlink controlchannel (PDCCH) signaling, or may also be transmitted by quasi-staticsignaling, such as radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

According to an aspect of an embodiment of the base station device, theterminal device, and the transmission method disclosed in the presentapplication, an advantage is provided in that it is possible toefficiently use the resources.

All examples and conditional language recited herein are intended forpedagogical purposes of aiding the reader in understanding the inventionand the concepts contributed by the inventor to further the art, and arenot to be construed as limitations to such specifically recited examplesand conditions, nor does the organization of such examples in thespecification relate to a showing of the superiority and inferiority ofthe invention. Although the embodiments of the present invention havebeen described in detail, it should be understood that the variouschanges, substitutions, and alterations could be made hereto withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:
 1. A base station device comprising: a processorcircuitry configured to generate first data, second data to betransmitted with a latency-critical communication and an indicationsignal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the first data, thesecond data and the indication signal to a terminal device, wherein theindication signal includes a plurality of bits which have a one-to-onemapping with a plurality of sub-areas in an area that is used fortransmitting the first data, when the indication signal indicates one ormore sub-areas are used for transmitting the second data, thetransmitter performs no transmission for the first data using thecorresponding one or more sub-areas, and when the indication signalindicates the one or more sub-areas are used for transmitting the firstdata, the transmitter transmits the first data using the correspondingone or more sub-areas without transmitting the second data using thecorresponding one or more sub-areas.
 2. The base station deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein a type of the first data is different fromthat of the second data.
 3. The base station device according to claim1, wherein the second data is URLLC data.
 4. The base station deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein the first data is eMBB data.
 5. A terminaldevice comprising: a receiver configured to receive, from a basestation, a reception signal including first data or second data to betransmitted with a latency-critical communication and an indicationsignal including a plurality of bits which have a one-to-one mappingwith a plurality of sub-areas in an area; and a processor circuitryconfigured to determine, based on the indication signal, whether thesecond data is included in one or more sub-areas, wherein the receiverreceives the reception signal including the second data in the one ormore sub-areas and the indication signal including the plurality of bitsindicating that the corresponding one or more sub-areas are not used fortransmitting the first data, when the indication signal indicates theone or more sub-areas are used for transmitting the second data,receives the reception signal including the first data in the one ormore sub-areas and the indication signal including the plurality of bitsindicating that the corresponding one or more sub-areas are used fortransmitting the first data, when the one or more sub-areas are used fortransmitting the first data.
 6. The terminal device according to claim5, wherein a type of the first data is different from that of the seconddata.
 7. The terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the seconddata is URLLC data.
 8. The terminal device according to claim 5, whereinthe receiver demodulates the reception signal to obtain the first databy excluding the one or more sub-areas which are used for transmittingthe second data after demodulating the indication signal.